Button fastening device



Sept. 1951 FRIEDMAN BUTTON FASTENING DEVICE Filed March '7, 1950 INVENTOR. [ENG/9H0 .Z TWEQM/M Patented Sept. 25, 1951 :1

UNITED STATES 1 PATENT jo FIcE- BUTTON F ASTENING DEVICE Irmgard Friedman, Forest Hills, Application March 7, 1950, Serial No. 148,099

This invention relates to fastening devices, and

more particularly snap fasteners for securing buttons, or other articles to be fastened, to articles of wearing apparel.

The principal object of the invention is to pro- H vide a device for securing a button, or other article to be fastened, to an article of clothing without the need of employing a needle and thread.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device for securing a button, or other article to be fastened, to an article of clothing which is simple and convenient to use, and which can be cheaply and easily manufactured.

Other and further objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the following claims and specification in conjunction with the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device forming this invention, showing the device as ordinarily applied to secure a button to a piece of cloth;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the device shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the device taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a. side elevational view in cross-section of the device taken along the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 taken along the line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is an enlarged, fragmentary, perspective, inverted view of the second cup-shaped element forming a part of this device;

Figure 7 is an enlarged plan view of the staple forming a part of this device;

Figure 8 is an enlarged plan view of the retaining spring forming a part of this device.

With continued reference to the drawing, the button-fastening device forming the invention comprises, in general, a first cup-shaped element a, a retaining means 9, a second cup-shaped element in, and a button-fastening means II.

The first cup-shaped element 8 has a. side wall l2, a concave end wall l3, closing one end of the element. The side walls [2 are provided with a pair of opposed aligned slots i4 adjacent the opposite or open end of the element 8. The element 8 has a flange l5 surrounding its open end and extending laterally outwardly from the adjacent edges of the side wall [2. The flange I5 is provided with a turned-in portion I6 adja cent its outer edge.

The retaining means 9 is preferably a resilient wire spring and comprises a semicircular portion is and a pair of substantially u-shaped portions 2- Claims. (01. 24 95) I8 which are carried adjacent each end of the portion l9. The semicircular portion I9 is positioned within the turn-in portion l6 of the flange I5. Theinner legs [9' of the U-shaped portions l8 bear.,forcibly against the surface of the side wall 12 adjacent the aligned slots [4 therein a part of, each inner leg 18 projecting through.

said slots for a purpose to be later described, The second-cup-shaped element In is receiv-- able within the first element. 8, and is provided. with an inwardly curved Side wall 20 and a concave end wall 2|. The side wall 20 is provided. with a pair-of oppositely aligned apertures 22: adjacent the end .wall 2| and is also provided. with a pluralityof corrugations. which extend. from the apertures 22 tothe open end of the element I0. .A flange 24 surrounds the open end of the element I0 adjacent the side wall 28 and extendslaterallyoutwardly from the latter.

The button-fastening means H is preferably a U-shaped member 25 of wire, plastic or other suitable material which is bendable. The ends 26 of the member 25 are of a diameter to be freely insertable through the apertures 22 of the element Hi.

In operation of the device, when it is de-- sired to apply a button, such as the button 21,.

to a piece of cloth or material, as 28, the ends 26' of the U-shaped member 25 are passed through. the holes in the button. In the case of a button having four holes, such as button 27, a pair of, members 25 are required. The ends 26 of each: member 25 are then passed through the material 28 into the cup-shaped element In, and then each through one of the aligned apertures 22 in the wall 20. The element In is then placed within the element 8, which causes the outer ends 26 of the U-shaped members to be folded back into the corrugations 23 of the respective side walls 20. The inner legs [9 of the retaining means 9 which are partially projecting through the slots M of the side walls i2 bear forcibly against the adjacent side walls 20 of the element I8, so as to releasably lock the elements 8 and it] together. The outer ends 26 of the legs of the U-shaped member 25 are thereby securely held within the corrugations 23 by the interior surfaces of the side wall l2 of the element 8 adjacent thereto.

To remove the button 21 from the material 28, or to replace the button, the reverse of the previous operation is effected. The elements 8 and I0 are preferably made of metal, plastic or other suitable material, and are, therefore, very durable, being capable of being used repeatedly and on difierent garments with only the U-shaped members 25 of the button-fastening means I I requiring replacement. Thus, replacements are infrequently necessary.

I claim:

1. In a fastening device for securing a button to an article of clothin a first cup-shaped element having a flange surrounding its open end and extending laterally outwardly from the latter, the wall of said element having opposed aligned slots below and adjacent to said flange, a second cup-shaped element receivable within said first element and provided with a flange adjacent its open end in contacting engagement with said first-mentioned flange for bearing engage--v ment with a face of said article of clothing, the

wall of said second element being inwardly curved and provided with aligned aperture adl jacent its closed end, resilient means operatively connected to the flange and wall of said first element and projecting through said slots and engageable with the exterior surface of said second element, a button adapted to be arranged in bearing engagement with the opposite face of said article of clothing, and fastening wires carried by said button and having their ends ex- .tending through said articles of clothing and the The following references are of record in the file' this patent: I

adjacent its open end in contacting engagement with said first-mentioned flange for bearing engagement with a face of said article of clothing, the wall of said second element being inwardly curved and provided with aligned apertures adjacent its closed end, resilient means operatively connected to the flange and wall of said first element and projecting through said slots and engageable with the exterior surface of said second element, a button iadapted to be arranged in bearing engagement with the opposite face of said article of clothing, and fastening wires carried by said button and having their ends extending through said articles of clothing and the apertures of said second element, whereby when -said'secbnd'element is received within said first e lernent, the ends of said wires will be frictional- -ly secured between the adjacent walls of said elements, the sides of said second element having elongated corrugations extending between the apertures and. flange of the latter element for receptionof the ends of said fastening wires.

'IRMGARD FRIEDMAN.

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